From the day
On the date
Sunday, December 8, 1985
Memories from that day
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The Headlines
PROSPECTS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Broken Wings
Mr. Mister
#1 at the box office
Rocky IV
$11,189,102
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
On This Day
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South Asia, is established.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Jim Morrison (1943)
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832)
- Nicki Minaj (1982)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1542)
- Jean Sibelius (1865)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
awesomebodaciouscheesychill
Valley Girl
as ifbarf me outgag me with a spoongrodytotally
Hip Hop
baddefdopeflyfreshword
Yuppie
greed is goodpower lunchnetworking
Tech Check
Windows 1.0, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) & DNA Fingerprinting.
Cost of Living (1985)
Loaf of Bread
$0.55
Gallon of Gas
$1.12
Average Home
$84,300
New Car
$12,650
Time Elapsed
14,789 days ago
(40 years, 189 days)